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(No Model.)

J. C. MICHIE.

WHEEL.

No. 589,784. Patented Sept. 7,1897.

UNITED STATES 'PATENT Fries..

JAMES C. MIOI'IIE, OF VALDROP, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONEwFOURTII TO THOMAS S. 7WATSO, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,784, dated September 7, 1897.

Application led May 13, 1897. Serial N0. 636,324. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.- shoulder F, from which extends the circular Beit known that I, JAMES O. MICHIE, of wedge orcone G,which projects beneath sock Waldrop, in the county of Louisa and State of ets C and projections D of the hub proper. Virginia, have invented certain new and use- Clamping ring H is tapered internally to 55 5 ful Improvements in Theels 3 and I do hereby snugly lit over taper G and is counters unk at declare the following to be a full, clear, and 7i on its front or outer face where it embraces exact description of the invention, such as shoulder F. The inner face 7L' of the ring is will enable others skilled in the art to which it inclined to correspond with the ends of pror pertains to make and use it, reference being jections D and the rear walls of sockets O 6o :o had to the accompanying drawings, which and for the same purpose, while its periphery form part of this specification. is formed with depressions I, which interlock This invention pertains to vehicle-wheels, with lips E, the inner face of the ring abutand relates more particularly to the hub, and ting the ends of projections D when the hub has for its object the provision of a simple and is adjusted up tight, as will be understood. 6 5 r 5 improved sectional hub in which the spokes Adjacent shoulder F is the wrench-hold K, may be placed and from which they may be while the forward extremity of the device removed without dismembering the rim or constitutes the hub-band. removing the tire therefrom and in which The inner ends of spokesLarebeveled at l, the spokes may be adjusted longitudinally so as to be ilatly engaged by taper of the nut, 7o zo and transversely at will, thus making it posand the spokes also taper backward transsible to keep the wheel always tight. versely in a plane parallel with the longitu- The invention consists iu the novel feadinal extent of the hub in order to tightly tures of construction and in the combination wedge in tapering sockets O. While the and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully spokes correspond in width with the longitu- 75 z 5 described and claimed, and illustrated by the dinal extent of the sockets, so as to force enaccompanying drawings, in whichtirely therein when the whole adjustment of Figure l is a plan view of the hub. Figs. the hub is utilized with the clamping-ring in 2 and 3 are longitudinal sectional views on engagement with the projections D, Iprefer lines Qs a: and y y, respectively, of Fig. l. to have the parts so tted that the spokes So 5o Fig. 4: is a face View of the hub proper. Fig. stand out slightly from the sockets when the 5 is a similar view of the clam ping-ring. Fig. wheel is first built in order that there may 6 is a detail view of the combined spoke-ath be ample room for adjustment as the parts justing nut and hub-band. wear or become loose. The taper of the wedg- Box A is enlarged and splined at its rear ing portion G of the nut and the bevel ofthe 8 5 35 end as usual, where it is secured in the main inner ends of the spokes, together with the portion B of the hub, and the latter is formed inclined surfaces of the clamping-ring prowith backwardlytapering sockets O, open at jections D and the rear walls of the sockets, their forward ends, the sockets being sepaall combine to incline the spokes and to give rated by integral hub portions D, having at the wheel the proper dish. The clamping- 9o 4o their forward ends the overhanging lips or nut lit-ting snugly taper G moves positively extensions E. Beneath these extensions the therewith, while the nut and ring and the ring ends of portions D are inclined upward and and hub proper interlocking, as described, forward from the inner periphery of the hub combine to form an extremely strong strainand the rear walls O of the sockets are simiresisting structure.v 9 5 45 larly inclined, said inclined surfaces corre- The Wheel-boxes are so threaded as to have sponding with the pitch of the spokes or the rotation of the wheels tend constantly to dish of the finished wheel. tighten rather than loosen the hub.

The forward portion of box A is screw- Having thus fully described my invention,

threaded to receive the combined spoke-ad what I claim as new, and desire to secure by 10o 5o justing nut and hubband E', the same be Letters Patent, 1s

ing formed witlrthe central circumferential l. The Combination with a box, a hub portion fixed thereto and formed with open end sockets, -the box-being screw-threaded at its forward end, a nut adjustable on the screwthrcaded portion of the box and formed with a circumferential shoulder and an integral tapered portion extending inward from saidV shoulder, a clamping-ring` 'having a tapered opening and countersunk whereby itis adapted to iit snugly on the taper on the nut and interlock with the shoulder thereof, the ring bein g' adapted to move toward the hub portion and clamp the spokes in the sockets thereof, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the box having` the screw-threads at its forward end, thehub por; tion adapted to be fixed tothe rear end of the box and formed with the open end backwardly-tapering sockets', the projections separating the sockets being formed with the overhanginglips and the forward ends of said projections and the rear walls of the depres integral tapering portion at its inner end adapted to extend beneath the sockets, and at the outer end of said taper formed with the circumferential shoulder, the internallytapered rin g adapted to fit snugly on the taper and Vcountersunk on its outer face to interlock with said shoulder, theinner face of the -nut bein g forrned with peripheral depressions to interlock with ,the said overhanging lips and also inclined to conform to the inclines of the rear Walls of the sockets and the projections separating the sockets, the nut adjacent said shoulderV being formed with the wrench-hold, and the outer end of the nut constituting a hub-band, all substantially as herein specified and shown.

In testimony whereof I affix niy signature in' presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. MICHI'E.

VlVit-nesses: Y,

THOMAS G. 'WA.LDRoP,

D. -FIELDING- 

